At the start of his presidency in 1861, Abraham Lincoln supported a constitutional amendment that would have kept the federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except for punishment for a crime for which ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin just bought two of the most significant documents ever signed by President Abraham Lincoln, adding to his trove of Americana. Griffin reset the record for any document signed ...

Colorado voters have approved an amendment to their state's constitution that completely abolishes slavery — by stripping out language that still exists in the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ...

Billionaire hedge funder and art collector Kenneth Griffin has revealed that he was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, both signed by ...

Sold at the Fine Books and Manuscripts event in New York, each copy plays a crucial role in American’s history. The Thirteenth Amendment enshrined the abolition of slavery into law; the copy up for ...

NEW YORK — A crowd, most of them employees with ID badges around their necks, gathered in the back of the room of Sotheby’s for the last two items of Thursday’s morning auction. They weren’t there to ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin bought original copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation, both signed by former President Abraham Lincoln, at a New York Sotheby’s auction. The hedge fund ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Thirteenth Amendment ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...